Courses marked with are available on interactive CD, which requires Adobe Approval or
Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or higher in order to interact with the material. This software is included with
your order. Click on button at the bottom of the page to go to the registration form. CD courses are
only available to members of our organization.
GCCs outside our organization may now order through the Contact Center.
Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or higher in order to interact with the material. This software is included with
your order. Click on button at the bottom of the page to go to the registration form. CD courses are
only available to members of our organization.
GCCs outside our organization may now order through the Contact Center.
Prayer and Kingdom Advance
PAKA is designed to help you focus on the power of prayer available in the life of any believer, and
specifically in your life as a cross-cultural worker. It offers basic teaching on the concept of prayer,
how it works, and how we avail ourselves of it. Furthermore, it leads you to understand and commit
to focusing the power of prayer in your life and the lives of others in ways that will affect the growth
of the kingdom of God.
PAKA is designed to help you focus on the power of prayer available in the life of any believer, and
specifically in your life as a cross-cultural worker. It offers basic teaching on the concept of prayer,
how it works, and how we avail ourselves of it. Furthermore, it leads you to understand and commit
to focusing the power of prayer in your life and the lives of others in ways that will affect the growth
of the kingdom of God.
Tell The Story: A Primer on Chronological Bible Storying
This course is designed to give you a concise manual to help you get started as a storyer. It will
help you understand whether and how storying should be incorporated into your strategy for
cross-cultural ministry. Includes resource CD-ROM with demonstrations and interviews.
This course is designed to give you a concise manual to help you get started as a storyer. It will
help you understand whether and how storying should be incorporated into your strategy for
cross-cultural ministry. Includes resource CD-ROM with demonstrations and interviews.
The Balancing Act: Multiple Roles of Married Women in Cross-Cultural Ministry
Have you ever asked God, "Why am I here? Why did you bring me to this place?" Or have you
said, "This is not the season that I had planned for!" The primary objective of this course is to
assist you in defining and bringing balance to the multiple roles of a married woman living and
ministering in a cross-cultural environment.
Have you ever asked God, "Why am I here? Why did you bring me to this place?" Or have you
said, "This is not the season that I had planned for!" The primary objective of this course is to
assist you in defining and bringing balance to the multiple roles of a married woman living and
ministering in a cross-cultural environment.
Living The Life
In this two-part course, Dr. Robertson McQuilkin addresses the personal and spiritual needs of
cross-cultural workers from his perspective of his own field experiences and his 22 years as
president of Columbia International University. The course is designed to lead the learner to be a
more effective leader because he/she is fully submitted to the leadership of Christ.
In this two-part course, Dr. Robertson McQuilkin addresses the personal and spiritual needs of
cross-cultural workers from his perspective of his own field experiences and his 22 years as
president of Columbia International University. The course is designed to lead the learner to be a
more effective leader because he/she is fully submitted to the leadership of Christ.
Strategic Engagement of Volunteers
This course will lead the cross-cultural worker from a biblical examination of the involvement of
volunteers, through researching recognized needs and exploring creative approaches to volunteer
involvement, to the development of a comprehensive plan to engage volunteers to enhance his/her
team's strategy.
This course will lead the cross-cultural worker from a biblical examination of the involvement of
volunteers, through researching recognized needs and exploring creative approaches to volunteer
involvement, to the development of a comprehensive plan to engage volunteers to enhance his/her
team's strategy.
Developing Mission-Driven Teams
This course enables the learner to gain knowledge, skills, and attitudes to help the team work more
effectively toward its purpose. After analyzing the strengths and challenges of the team from
biblical, theological, missiological, and corporate perspectives, you will be led to construct 5 key
components of a mission-driven team and then practice 5 key disciplines of staying a
mission-driven team.
This course enables the learner to gain knowledge, skills, and attitudes to help the team work more
effectively toward its purpose. After analyzing the strengths and challenges of the team from
biblical, theological, missiological, and corporate perspectives, you will be led to construct 5 key
components of a mission-driven team and then practice 5 key disciplines of staying a
mission-driven team.
Contextualizing the Gospel
This course provides the learner with an introductory overview of contextualization, defining in
theory and practive an indigenous worker philosophy that results in a contextualized gospel in a
given cultural setting. Major attention is given to the definition, development, and theory of the term
contextualization in cross-cultural studies. Case studies are used to illustrate the issues.
This course provides the learner with an introductory overview of contextualization, defining in
theory and practive an indigenous worker philosophy that results in a contextualized gospel in a
given cultural setting. Major attention is given to the definition, development, and theory of the term
contextualization in cross-cultural studies. Case studies are used to illustrate the issues.
Crossing Cultures: Living Incarnationally, Thinking Missiologically
This course provides the learner with an introductory overview of incarnational missiology,
including its biblical basis, historical development, philosophical constructs, and cultural
implementation. The learner will examine his/her own work to determine how it is incarnating this
model culturally and personally and then applying these concepts to one's own context.
This course provides the learner with an introductory overview of incarnational missiology,
including its biblical basis, historical development, philosophical constructs, and cultural
implementation. The learner will examine his/her own work to determine how it is incarnating this
model culturally and personally and then applying these concepts to one's own context.
Creative Thinking and Paradigms for Ministry
This course is an introductory overview of strategic thinking, particularly in the work context. You will
begin to understand paradigms, discover barriers to and benefits of strategic thinking, identify
biblical paradigm shifts, and develop strategies for personal and group creative thinking
processes as they relate to your work.
This course is an introductory overview of strategic thinking, particularly in the work context. You will
begin to understand paradigms, discover barriers to and benefits of strategic thinking, identify
biblical paradigm shifts, and develop strategies for personal and group creative thinking
processes as they relate to your work.
Thinking About Thinking: Matching Tasks to Talents and Gifts
This course presents the concept of multiple intelligences and learning styles so that the learner
can assess his/her learning strengths and talents, as well as the strengths and talents of others.
Relating these concepts to spiritual gifting, you will develop a strategy to help people match their
strengths to tasks that need to be accomplished.
This course presents the concept of multiple intelligences and learning styles so that the learner
can assess his/her learning strengths and talents, as well as the strengths and talents of others.
Relating these concepts to spiritual gifting, you will develop a strategy to help people match their
strengths to tasks that need to be accomplished.
Managing Conflict on the Field
All individuals are confronted with situations in which they must deal with conflict. This course
explores conflict from biblical and theoretical perspectives, encouraging the learner to apply the
principles presented to his/her specific cross-cultural context.
All individuals are confronted with situations in which they must deal with conflict. This course
explores conflict from biblical and theoretical perspectives, encouraging the learner to apply the
principles presented to his/her specific cross-cultural context.
Modeling the Mandate
Addressing the dual task of personal evangelism and discipleship in a cross-cultural context, this
course examines the continuum of genuine conversion-discipleship in a given cultural setting with
particular attention to the role of the cross-cultural worker. Major emphasis is given to motivation
that produces an ardent worker, biblically based and spiritually constrained.
Addressing the dual task of personal evangelism and discipleship in a cross-cultural context, this
course examines the continuum of genuine conversion-discipleship in a given cultural setting with
particular attention to the role of the cross-cultural worker. Major emphasis is given to motivation
that produces an ardent worker, biblically based and spiritually constrained.
What Kind of Church?
This course lays the biblical and ecclesiastical foundations for cross-cultural church planting. You
will consider the universal and local aspects of the doctrine of the Church in the New Testament,
examined in the light of their relationship to the Kingdom of God. You will describe what church
planting looks like when it results in indigenous, culturally relevant congregations free from
syncretism and full of Kingdom Characteristics.
This course lays the biblical and ecclesiastical foundations for cross-cultural church planting. You
will consider the universal and local aspects of the doctrine of the Church in the New Testament,
examined in the light of their relationship to the Kingdom of God. You will describe what church
planting looks like when it results in indigenous, culturally relevant congregations free from
syncretism and full of Kingdom Characteristics.
Supervising Colleagues
Reviewing theories of supervision consistent with the model Jesus offers in the New Testament
and providing opportunities to practice skills useful for work as a supervisor, this course is not
intended to be an exhaustive study of management or the science of supervision, but rather a study
of basic principles and practices.
Reviewing theories of supervision consistent with the model Jesus offers in the New Testament
and providing opportunities to practice skills useful for work as a supervisor, this course is not
intended to be an exhaustive study of management or the science of supervision, but rather a study
of basic principles and practices.
ICEL Course Descriptions
register
NEW! Serving God Alone: Singles serving cross-culturally for the glory of God
Single describes everyone at some point in life. Whether it's as a late teen/twenty-something, a
newly widowed senior, or somewhere in between, we all deal with singleness. But just the fact that
we were single before marriage doesn't help us understand the blessings and challenges of being
a single adult, particularly on the mission field. This course draws heavily on interviews with single
cross-cultural workers and is written for singles and the people who work with them.
Single describes everyone at some point in life. Whether it's as a late teen/twenty-something, a
newly widowed senior, or somewhere in between, we all deal with singleness. But just the fact that
we were single before marriage doesn't help us understand the blessings and challenges of being
a single adult, particularly on the mission field. This course draws heavily on interviews with single
cross-cultural workers and is written for singles and the people who work with them.